Pidgin having trouble connecting to AIM, easy fix available

It was recently brought to our attention that the popular open source IM client Pidgin — and potentially Adium in the Mac — are having trouble connecting to AIM and AOL messaging clients receiving a “Received unexpected response from http://api.oscar.aol.com/aim/startOSCARSession” error.

There is a simple fix that has been confirmed to work from one of our staff members. Read more in our blog.